KEY POINTS
  • Not instead of the logistics, but with  "class leading" biodiversity, net zero, social responsibilities, mitigation plans
  • Considering strong local opposition, the scale of development, green belt loss, environmental impact, and traffic concerns, developers and officials need to rethink and give something back.
  • Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) can be “gamed” setting aside areas and inserting theoretically high scores on Defra matrix enabling unmeasurable developer claim of BNG, we avoid this situation
  • Concern over Tritax's recent proposal to allocate small area north of Chat Moss Line and south of Newton Road for BNG while designating a majority area elsewhere as industrial
  • For Parkside West,core mitigation was addressed OFF site through a cash contribution to Mersey Forest and a smaller one to Rixton Claypits. The east / west country park presents an opportunity to rectify this shortfall with revised ON site mitigation.
  • Establishing a country park on East and West with varied habitats, is the only real BNG here and is feasible near industrial areas, as similar projects have shown elsewhere.
  • We ask Tritax and Parkside Regeneration to collaborate on this objective for the benefit of present and future local communities
  • Local housing density is expanding, consequently local population highlights the growing need for country park this location.